Alia
Silver Member
I've been thinking about myself and how and why I've got myself into the present situation that I'm in.
I think that I've got an addictive personality as food, sweet things in particular don't seem to be the only thing that I'm obbsessed with.
When I go food shopping and see offers on things that I eat on the SW I buy loads, I mean loads and never get round to eating it all before they go out of date - things like yoghurts - if they are buy one get one free or 2 for 3 pounds etc I go mad and end up buying like 10 packs of them and getting 10 packs free - I end up throwing half of them away :cry: I have to hide throwing things away from my hubby too cause its one of his pet hates, no food should ever get thrown away!
My fridges have to be in perfect order, things get lined up and labels all facing the same way - one fridge for food, one fridge for drinks and fruit and veg.
Clothes - I've got 2 double wardrobes, a triple wardrobe and 5 chest of drawers full of them as well as storage boxes in the office with more. Alot of them still have the tags on. Admittedly I can't fit into all of them so they are a target to get into them but I think I could survive for 6 months with no washing and still have clothes to spare. I hide purchases from my husband cause he'll go mad, not that I'm buying clothes just that I've got so many new ones already why pay out for more - lets face it does one lady really need 34 pairs of jeans (I counted them last night!)
My little boy, who is 2 has more clothes than I dare admit, its ridiculous, I can't even go into how many and every single one of them comes from Next - I won't even go into any other shop to buy him something - dont know why, yes I love next clothes but its obsessive - I go into next about 3 times a week to see what new things have come in. I keep telling myself to stop and then say I'll only go when the sales are on but I do that and then still go at other times - he's got 11 pairs of shoes in the size he is in now!!
Shoes - Where to start - under my bed is a sea of shoe storage boxes, most brand new and alot of them are shoes I'll never wear - 3 inch heels and so on which with my back its just not going to happen so why do I keep buying them - I've even got the same shoe in several different colours.
Handbags - least said the better.
Housework - I'm obsessed, it has to be perfectly clean, including the kids bedrooms and I go round the house checking all of them every day. I even get up in the middle of the night and go down stairs and clean. I've often gone down around 2am and still been there at 7am when the kids get up for school :sigh: I go through about 9 litres of bleach a week and clean my bathroom every time I go to the loo! I dread the thought of someone turning up at my house and there being a mess. I've got 6 kids so washing and ironing etc is never ending so I wash about 3-4 loads a day and iron every day too. My hubby never really expressed concern until a few days ago when he got up for work and I was on my knees in the kids bathroom cleaning the floor and he said for the first time that cleaning comes before him and how long was it since I'd gone to him for a hug etc.
I can't go to bed at night without everything being spotless down stairs but I get up in the middle of the night to make sure none of the kids have gone down for a drink etc during the night and left a mess. I can't go out the door unless everything is spotless even if it means my son being late for nursery.
So I think I just have an addictive personality - I'm wondering if people are just that type and they get obsessed with everything or is it just me and that I'm a nutter lol
I think that I've got an addictive personality as food, sweet things in particular don't seem to be the only thing that I'm obbsessed with.
When I go food shopping and see offers on things that I eat on the SW I buy loads, I mean loads and never get round to eating it all before they go out of date - things like yoghurts - if they are buy one get one free or 2 for 3 pounds etc I go mad and end up buying like 10 packs of them and getting 10 packs free - I end up throwing half of them away :cry: I have to hide throwing things away from my hubby too cause its one of his pet hates, no food should ever get thrown away!
My fridges have to be in perfect order, things get lined up and labels all facing the same way - one fridge for food, one fridge for drinks and fruit and veg.
Clothes - I've got 2 double wardrobes, a triple wardrobe and 5 chest of drawers full of them as well as storage boxes in the office with more. Alot of them still have the tags on. Admittedly I can't fit into all of them so they are a target to get into them but I think I could survive for 6 months with no washing and still have clothes to spare. I hide purchases from my husband cause he'll go mad, not that I'm buying clothes just that I've got so many new ones already why pay out for more - lets face it does one lady really need 34 pairs of jeans (I counted them last night!)
My little boy, who is 2 has more clothes than I dare admit, its ridiculous, I can't even go into how many and every single one of them comes from Next - I won't even go into any other shop to buy him something - dont know why, yes I love next clothes but its obsessive - I go into next about 3 times a week to see what new things have come in. I keep telling myself to stop and then say I'll only go when the sales are on but I do that and then still go at other times - he's got 11 pairs of shoes in the size he is in now!!
Shoes - Where to start - under my bed is a sea of shoe storage boxes, most brand new and alot of them are shoes I'll never wear - 3 inch heels and so on which with my back its just not going to happen so why do I keep buying them - I've even got the same shoe in several different colours.
Handbags - least said the better.
Housework - I'm obsessed, it has to be perfectly clean, including the kids bedrooms and I go round the house checking all of them every day. I even get up in the middle of the night and go down stairs and clean. I've often gone down around 2am and still been there at 7am when the kids get up for school :sigh: I go through about 9 litres of bleach a week and clean my bathroom every time I go to the loo! I dread the thought of someone turning up at my house and there being a mess. I've got 6 kids so washing and ironing etc is never ending so I wash about 3-4 loads a day and iron every day too. My hubby never really expressed concern until a few days ago when he got up for work and I was on my knees in the kids bathroom cleaning the floor and he said for the first time that cleaning comes before him and how long was it since I'd gone to him for a hug etc.
I can't go to bed at night without everything being spotless down stairs but I get up in the middle of the night to make sure none of the kids have gone down for a drink etc during the night and left a mess. I can't go out the door unless everything is spotless even if it means my son being late for nursery.
So I think I just have an addictive personality - I'm wondering if people are just that type and they get obsessed with everything or is it just me and that I'm a nutter lol